What To Do With Taito Zarzon Cocktail

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To have a clean garage again, amazing! My Dual Vs. Nintendo, DK Cocktail and Dig Dug Cocktail that so many of you helped me repair last winter are off to a new good home.

When I originally picked up the DK/Dig Dug cocktails last winter, the gentleman also gave me an empty unknown Taito cocktail. I've now had a chance to look at this beast and here's what I found.

The cocktail is in remarkable condition. The exterior shows minimal wear and the insides are super clean with a monitor that shows no burn-in. Unfortunately, it has no boards in it. It appears to be a Zarzon cocktail, which my limited research shows to be a terrible game but yet quite rare in cocktail form?

I really have no desire to return it to a Zarzon, although I wouldn't be opposed to one of the other classics from this era (Zoo Keeper, Elevator Action, Jungle Hunt/King, Defender, Crazy Climber). I'm also not opposed to turning into a 60-1.

Unfortunately, I have zero documentation with this thing, and thus I'm unclear as to how to ascern the working state of the power supply and other included boards. I have additional comments/questions below with the pictures:

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A few areas where the black paint on glass has flaked, but otherwise super nice. Appears there's a bezel of sorts that is missing around the monitor as one can see the mounting brackets, etc..

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Super clean inside, but no boards or paperwork. Controllers only go left/right due to this game. Wonder how hard it would be to swap out with a different Taito CP?? I haven't found any on here, Ebay, etc...

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Power supply section looks pretty advanced, but noticed the 2A and 3A fuse holders were empty.

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To the left of the power supply is a cage with a board inside. On the outside you can see a box that says noise filter. No idea what this is for.

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No game PCB and two blue wires leading to the PCB connection were cut for some reason.

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Monitor looks complete and in good shape.


Where the heck do I go from here?
 
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